Fwd: {PBJFlorida} A Vision of America the Possible

This quote from this article captures the essence of the New Community Building series starting a week from Tuesday.

"What must now be built with urgency is a unified progressive community. The silos separating the various progressive communities must be breached. To succeed, there must be a fusion of progressive causes, the forging of a common agenda, and the building of a mighty force on the ground, at the grass roots. Progressives of all stripes must come together to build a true community of outlook, interest, and engagement, as well as the organizational infrastructure to strengthen the progressive movement on an ongoing basis."  ~Gus Speth

If you are a leader or a member of or interested in being active in a progressive group, please consider bringing your ideas, your observations, your concerns and your teammates to this series.

If you know someone or some group who should be part of building a unified progressive community, please call them and invite them personally to be part of this.

1st session will be Tuesday, 5/22, 6:30pm at the Panara in Winter Park ( unless we find a more suitable place).

Thank you,

Jim

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From: jim belcher <jimbelcher350@me.com>
Date: May 13, 2012 11:41:21 AM EDT
To: PBJFlorida <pbjflorida@googlegroups.com>, OORadicalCommunity <oo-radical-community@googlegroups.com>
Cc: Community of Compassion <CommunityOfCompassion@googlegroups.com>
Subject: {PBJFlorida} A Vision of America the Possible
Reply-To: pbjflorida@googlegroups.com

One of the cultural shifts that Speth talks about in this easy is the shift

• "from today's hyperindividualism and narcissism, and the resulting social isolation, to a powerful sense of community and social solidarity reaching from the local to the cosmopolitan"

A Vision of America the Possible. (Yes! Magazine)

Gus Speth imagines a compelling vision of a better, happier country—and how to make it possible.

http://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/america-the-possible-part-2 

Many of the ideas Speth puts forth will be topics of inquiry in our new series starting 5/22.

Thanks to Nelson B. for bringing this to my attention.

jim

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